There has been a big communication barrier on every team I have led. Yet, it is often overlooked.
Most effective teams at some point will do a personality assessment of team members. I work a lot with Myers Briggs, but there are certainly other great ones. At one time have probably taken most of them. All of them can be helpful at some level.
But this major communication barrier, while it can be picked up some by a personality assessment, is still often overlooked (or misunderstood) on most teams.
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